DO NOW V: 0 Monday Mar. 30, 2015 Answer on your Do Now sheet. 1.How does pollution affect the environment? 2.How do humans affect the environment?

Homework & Agenda V: 0 HomeworkGL: New York Times Fish Article and Kaibab Activity Pre-AP: NY Times Fish Article and Kaibab Activity Today’s Agenda -Fishing for Goldfish -Video: Carrying Capacity -Answer Lab questions -Predator vs Prey population graph -Exit Ticket

TEKS The student is expected to: -Explore how short- and long-term environment changes affect organisms and traits in subsequent populations -Recognize human dependence on ocean systems and explain how human activities such as runoff, artificial reefs, or use of resources have modified these systems V: 0

Vocabulary Organism Short-term Environmental Changes Long-term Environment Changes Ocean Systems Runoff Artificial Reefs V: 0

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: How do humans affect their environment? DAILY OBJECTIVES: Students will… -Describe the effects of overfishing. V: 0 EQs & Objectives

Gone Fishing V: 2 Before we begin… Your group needs to decide how many you are going to eat. Disclaimer: You MUST leave at least ONE fish!!! Mission : Your group is a group of fisherman, and you are going fishing for a new cheesy fish. Your goal is to have the most fish after 8 fishing trips !

Gone Fishing V: 2 Year12345 Number of fish Caught Population After Fishing Population After Reproducing 1.Record the number of fish you caught. 2.Record the population of fish after you have gone fishing. 3.Record the population of fish after reproduction. 4.Go fishing again. Must leave at least 1.

Carrying Capacity V: 0 Carrying Capacity Video

Gone Fishing Lab Questions Answer the three conclusion questions on the Fishing for Goldfish lab handout. 1.Why did your teacher replace some fish in the bowl after every fishing trip? 2.What happened if a group fished too many fish out of the ocean on one turn? 3.What is carrying capacity? What was the carrying capacity in this lab? V: 0

Predator vs Prey V: 2 Answer the following questions about the graph… 1. Which is the predator? Which is the prey? 2. What patterns do you notice? 3. At 20 weeks, why would the predator-prey relationship be different than at 25 weeks? Time (weeks) Number of individuals

Exit Ticket V: 0 If the red snapper was overfished, then the mullet population will… The shark population will…..

DO NOW V: 0 Tuesday Mar. 31, 2015 Answer on your Do Now sheet. 1.Explain carry capacity. 2.Describe an example of carrying capacity.

Homework & Agenda V: 0 HomeworkGL: New York Times Fish Article and Kaibab Activity Pre-AP: NY Times Fish Article and Kaibab Activity Today’s Agenda -Cougar Competition Game

TEKS The student is expected to: -Explore how short- and long-term environment changes affect organisms and traits in subsequent populations -Recognize human dependence on ocean systems and explain how human activities such as runoff, artificial reefs, or use of resources have modified these systems V: 0

Vocabulary Organism Short-term Environmental Changes Long-term Environment Changes Ocean Systems Runoff Artificial Reefs V: 0

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: How do humans affect their environment? DAILY OBJECTIVES: Students will… -Compete in a game demonstrating food competition. V: 0 EQs & Objectives

Cougar Competition Game V: 2 You are a cougar on the prowl. You have 30-seconds to collect as much food as you can!!! Rules: – One card at a time. – Must walk!!! – Cannot turn cards over!

Competition Game – Hunting For Survival V: 0 Count the number of kg of food you have collected. If you have more than 50 kg, stand up. Congrats- you are still alive!!! Woot! It is now week 2, keep hunting! Go! Repeat until a single champion cougar! Will it be you?

DO NOW V: 0 Wed/Thrs Apr 1-2, 2015 Answer on your Do Now sheet. Describe one short-term and one long-term environmental change.

Homework & Agenda V: 0 HomeworkGL: New York Times Fish Article and Kaibab Activity Pre-AP: NY Times Fish Article and Kaibab Activity Today’s Agenda -Short-term and Long-term Environment Changes -Which environmental change is it? -Human influence on the environment -Scenarios -Extension: Human Influence – The Dead Zone in the Gulf

TEKS The student is expected to: -Explore how short- and long-term environment changes affect organisms and traits in subsequent populations -Recognize human dependence on ocean systems and explain how human activities such as runoff, artificial reefs, or use of resources have modified these systems V: 0

Vocabulary Organism Short-term Environmental Changes Long-term Environment Changes Ocean Systems Runoff Artificial Reefs V: 0

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: How do humans affect their environment? DAILY OBJECTIVES: Students will… -Compete in a game demonstrating food competition. V: 0 EQs & Objectives

Environmental Changes V: 2 Read pages Make a poster using information from the reading titled “Short-term and Long-term Environment Changes”.

Which Environmental Change is it? V: 2 The teacher will read an environmental change. Students will decide whether they think the change is short-term or long-term and then go to the appropriate side of the room. Students will then explain/debate why they think the change is short or long-term.

V: 0 Create the following table in your INB. Human influences on the Environment Humans depend on the ocean ecosystem for… Runoff from land into streams and rivers have modified ocean ecosystems by… Artificial reefs have modified ocean ecosystems by… Humans’ use of resources have modified ocean systems by…

V: 0 Watch the following video clips and then complete the sentence stems in the table. Artificial Reefs Dead Zone Poisoned Waters Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch Human influences on the Environment

V: 2 Each group of students will be given a scenario. Each group will create a poster that answers the questions with that scenario. Scenarios

V: 0 Human Influence: The Dead Zone in the Gulf Students will complete the webquest with a partner. Extension